Friday 25 June 2010

scots skate street aswell?

For anyone who pays attention to the goings on in the UK scene,through magazine coverage and competitions,it may come as a surprise to find that their are actually skaters in Scotland who skate street.

This clip,which i came across on the sidewalk site, features one such skater:who goes by the name of tom shimmin.
Now i've read interviews with him and seen his recent sidewalk cover but uptill this point i've never see substantial footage of him.

The skating itself is exactly the stuff i like to watch: mostly fast lines consisting of tricks in their basic form,without too many flips and grind combinations sprinkled on top,done on less than perfect spots delivered in a good style with a slight hint of sketchiness. So very much an east coast esque style of skating taken to the less grimy streets of glasgow on a rare sunny day.
Though the standout trick for me has to be that feeble to nosemanny,there were a lot of lines that caught my eye such as that big ollie over the cone and the line ending in the switch front 270 into the bank.

1 comment:

  1. YOU DONT EVEN SKATE POSER. I BET YOU CANT EVEN STAND ON A BOARD POSER!

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